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- important composers of keyboad instrumental music in the late Renaissance and ... was in Ferrara at the time. Gesualdo's music, which contained quick modifications ...5 KB (689 words) - 07:48, 24 January 2023
- – June 9, 1361) was a French composer, music theorist and poet. He was ... the famous mathematician, philosopher and music theorist Nicole Oresme. De ...5 KB (748 words) - 03:56, 24 November 2022
- All the other scales in traditional Western music are subsets of this ... the chromatic scale became the basis of modern music written using the twelve ...5 KB (783 words) - 21:50, 10 December 2023
- Gagaku (literally "elegant music") is a type of Japanese ... (710-794), and settled into the basic modern divisions during the Heian ...5 KB (702 words) - 03:46, 18 April 2024
- #039;s (the Devil's) gelding. The music it makes draws all the forest ... from a piece of alder, pine or spruce. Modern instruments have metal strings ...6 KB (959 words) - 02:48, 5 October 2022
- New Age Music, known as a combination of mostly instrumental pieces ... Music of the Spheres is cited in old scriptures, and the Greek philosopher ...8 KB (1,225 words) - 16:29, 11 November 2022
- emphasis on communicating to others through music education, writings, and ... the first exponents of Mexican nationalist music with ballets on Aztec themes. ...5 KB (726 words) - 15:24, 27 November 2023
- the early madrigals of the Renaissance. As music historian Richard Taruskin ... * Moore, Douglas. From madrigals to modern music: a guide to musical ...9 KB (1,342 words) - 04:56, 5 November 2022
- collecting, studying and documenting folk music of indigenous cultures. This ... He also studied at the Academy of Music where he received his Diploma ...8 KB (1,191 words) - 06:09, 13 June 2023
- The Modern Jazz Quartet (also known as the MJQ) was established in ... The MJQ is the most perfect example of chamber music jazz. Composed ...8 KB (1,251 words) - 19:25, 9 November 2022
- Century associated largely with the folk music of Eastern Europe, notably ... the xylophone into Western classical music. Camille Saint-Saens first ...7 KB (1,049 words) - 21:33, 15 January 2024
- A music library contains music-related materials for patron use. Use ... Virginia Library provides access to an online music collection. ...18 KB (2,494 words) - 19:07, 10 November 2022
- towards the mathematical, formulaic music of the Second Viennese School ... Still was very much of the attitude that "inspired" music ...8 KB (1,154 words) - 12:14, 8 May 2023
- and inspired related movements in music and literature. In cubist ... In 1913 the United States was exposed to Cubism and modern European ...7 KB (1,061 words) - 15:09, 3 July 2023
- master composer of European classical music as well as a prolific nationalistic ... integrating existing folk melodies into his music, but was far more elemental ...8 KB (1,090 words) - 05:03, 17 June 2023
- Renaissance music is European music written during the Renaissance ... it is the same as the rule by which in modern music a quarter-note may equal ...15 KB (2,190 words) - 04:00, 8 December 2022
- in wonderfully realized arrangements of music from cultures that might ... In a Nutshell is the first by a classical music professional in the Western ...9 KB (1,396 words) - 00:35, 24 November 2022
- Soul music is a musical genre that combines rhythm and blues and gospel ... composed using the blues tradition. Soul music is differentiated from rhythm ...11 KB (1,733 words) - 01:19, 4 February 2023
- accompaniment used in almost all genres of music in the Baroque period. The ... For composers of the Baroque period, music was not primarily an exercise ...16 KB (2,493 words) - 19:45, 26 March 2024
- 14, 1946) was a Spanish composer of classical music. Manuel de Falla was born in Cádiz. His early teacher in music was ...10 KB (1,487 words) - 02:58, 6 November 2022
- achieved a difficult balance between modern music and American folk styles ... in which he fused its divergent style with modern and classical forms to create ...13 KB (1,822 words) - 07:14, 13 June 2023
- The shamisen is used in several genres of music, including nagauta, or long ... the Azuchi period the basic shape of the modern shamisen was established ...9 KB (1,371 words) - 12:23, 27 January 2023
- Gospel music is a genre of mostly American music characterized by ... and even the definition of Gospel music varies according to culture ...16 KB (2,435 words) - 00:04, 3 January 2024
- was a Flemish composer of Renaissance music. He was the most famous composer ... court; nonetheless, he certainly knew his music, since his earliest mass ...8 KB (1,247 words) - 08:04, 18 March 2024
- The fusion of swing and Cuban music produced this fascinating rhythm ... The history of modern mambo begins in 1938, when a song called "Mambo ...10 KB (1,553 words) - 06:41, 5 November 2022
- Salsa music is a diverse musical genre that is popular across Latin ... salsa came to describe a specific style of music in the mid-1970s as New York ...13 KB (2,004 words) - 01:54, 23 December 2022
- techniques of different periods of music, such as the Baroque, Romantic ... held mystic beliefs which influenced his music. In the 1960s he studied ...10 KB (1,316 words) - 18:06, 20 July 2023
- these horns were used in the liturgical music tradition at the Temple of ... a single or triple coil--similar to the modern French horn, and were used ...10 KB (1,584 words) - 18:37, 22 November 2023
- soprano (contralto) saxhorns, on which the modern-day flugelhorn is ... or silver valveless forerunner of the modern-day flugelhorn to direct ...12 KB (1,704 words) - 20:41, 28 December 2023
- for his research on the psychology of music and sound. He founded the ... young age. His main interest however, was music, and by the age of ten Stumpf ...10 KB (1,352 words) - 15:19, 27 November 2023
- The usage of the term is not unique to music but has application in medicine ... by composers and percussionists of modern music. One might assign various ...13 KB (1,907 words) - 00:31, 24 November 2022
- as well as oratorios, songs, and incidental music. He was especially renowned ... country's economic progress, such as modern ship-building techniques. ...5 KB (752 words) - 08:29, 7 December 2021
- quot;baby flute" or piccolo flute the modern piccolo has the same type ... was audible above battles. In cultured music, however, the first piccolos ...12 KB (1,743 words) - 20:24, 26 December 2023
- on that instrument. Only Milt Jackson in modern jazz has a comparable stature ... Spells.” The distinguished, chamber music style of the Goodman trio ...10 KB (1,597 words) - 04:19, 29 October 2022
- these ballads were antecedents of the modern newspaper. ... Ballads have also been imitated in modern poetry, most notably by the ...9 KB (1,452 words) - 05:56, 26 August 2023
- known as one of the foremost pioneers of modern dance. Building upon the ... a marked influence over set design, costumes, and music. ...12 KB (1,810 words) - 16:26, 6 November 2022
- The International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) was a project ... Edward W. Guo, known as Feldmahler, an 18-year-old Canadian music ...18 KB (2,536 words) - 16:33, 8 March 2023
- widely used in many genres of Chinese folk music, as well as Chinese opera ... widely used in many genres of Chinese folk music, as well as Chinese opera ...13 KB (2,031 words) - 09:18, 15 January 2023
- bassist best known for his long tenure as music director of the Boston Symphony ... Koussevitzky was a great champion of modern music, commissioning a ...13 KB (1,788 words) - 09:57, 26 January 2023
- do a good job."T.S. Eliot, "The Music of Poetry," 1942. Likewise ... Bible, was the major precursor for many modern poets writing free verse ...8 KB (1,239 words) - 14:59, 8 October 2022
- twentieth-century American composer and music administrator. In addition ... aspect of music. When a great deal of modern music resulted in the alienation ...12 KB (1,797 words) - 10:50, 12 May 2023
- which was formerly used in classical music, utilizes 'sympathetic ... derived from this instrument, or that the modern sitar is an amalgamation ...10 KB (1,605 words) - 22:36, 29 January 2023
- Alban Berg's musical philosophy was to translate poetry into ... Paul Hindemith, regarding the state of modern music in the first half of the ...13 KB (1,953 words) - 18:49, 1 January 2023
- This revolutionary approach to composing offered modern composers ... of Heinrich Isaac. This interest in early music would greatly influence his ...12 KB (1,713 words) - 06:59, 31 July 2023
- mystics impacted the culture, philosophy, music, and art of Karnataka and ... came from Mangalvedhe near Pandharapura in modern Maharashtra and Sri Naraharitirtha ...13 KB (1,811 words) - 23:13, 26 December 2022
- and amateur musician. Carl first discovered music by experimenting with the ... nearby Odense. He later studied violin and music theory at the Copenhagen ...14 KB (2,062 words) - 19:21, 26 November 2023
- Concerto in A minor, for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play ... taken on a national character. Like every modern artist who has a purpose ...11 KB (1,752 words) - 18:19, 12 February 2024
- Pictures). His passion for ancient Italian music led to an interest in musicology ... his personal artistic quest to create music that he hoped would speak ...13 KB (1,835 words) - 05:57, 18 November 2022
- Liturgical music is a form of music originating as a part of religious ceremony. It includes a number of traditions, both ancient and modern ...20 KB (3,074 words) - 20:52, 3 November 2022
- As tempo is identified as the basic pace or movement of the music ... at the start of a piece of music. In modern music, this is usually indicated ...18 KB (2,794 words) - 05:39, 27 February 2023
- Atonality describes music that does not use a tonal center or key ... Paul Hindemith, regarding the state of modern music in the first half of the ...18 KB (2,710 words) - 06:58, 21 August 2023
- of metals such as tin, copper, or bronze. Modern concert flutes are usually ... == Modern orchestra and concert band woodwinds == The modern orchestra ...17 KB (2,413 words) - 21:52, 26 December 2023
- were largely spent writing essays rather than music. He had no more ... It was Richard Wagner's music that inspired Dallapiccola to start ...10 KB (1,496 words) - 02:43, 5 November 2022
- of Eastern European and Middle Eastern folk music. Bartók is considered one ... collecting, studying and documenting folk music of indigenous cultures. This ...14 KB (2,253 words) - 08:50, 27 September 2023
- made it popular in Western pop and jazz music. == Description == ... and play a wide repertoire of original Zen music, ensemble music with koto ...13 KB (2,089 words) - 12:20, 27 January 2023
- in the classical, popular and religious music of the Indian subcontinent ... parts. However, none of his own writings on music mention the drum (nor the ...11 KB (1,728 words) - 02:05, 27 February 2023
- revived in the U.S. in the American folk music traditions. Some rock bands ... an instrument that was associated with folk music and buskers. ...15 KB (2,441 words) - 17:20, 12 February 2024
- The 'Swathi Thirunal College of Music' and 'College ... composer, saw the golden age of Carnatic music in Kerala. The contribution ...11 KB (1,459 words) - 06:44, 12 January 2024
- Tharp's work encompasses choreography with classical music, jazz ... Times They Are a-Changin, which places the music of Bob Dylan in the context ...10 KB (1,421 words) - 16:40, 10 May 2022
- Sheet music, or score, is a hand-written or printed form of musical ... Although the role of sheet music, as a recording medium, is similar ...26 KB (4,129 words) - 13:25, 27 January 2023
- forms of concertina are used for classical music, for the traditional musics ... popular as parlor instruments for classical music, while German concertinas ...15 KB (2,127 words) - 15:46, 27 December 2023
- of two violins, a viola, and a cello—or a music piece written to be performed ... one of the most important forms in chamber music, and most major composers ...13 KB (1,970 words) - 21:01, 26 February 2023
- Dixieland music is an early style of jazz which developed in New Orleans ... considering the latter to denigrate the music as unsophisticated and also ...17 KB (2,609 words) - 16:20, 29 January 2024
- Alternative rock (also called alternative music The term "alternative ... or simply alternative) is a branch of the rock music genre that became ...22 KB (3,494 words) - 00:45, 9 January 2023
- production, and distribution of sound. Modern distribution of music across ... From the wax cylinder to the compact cassette, analog audio music ...10 KB (1,460 words) - 03:54, 29 July 2022
- In comparison to other modern woodwind instruments, the oboe has a ... Modern symphony orchestras adjust their collective tuning by listening ...18 KB (2,745 words) - 19:53, 17 November 2022
- Philodemus was born in Gadara, Coelo-Syria (modern Palestine), c. ... to Philodemus. These works deal with music, rhetoric, ethics, signs ...9 KB (1,439 words) - 04:12, 24 November 2022
- London); other well-known works are Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks ... and organ, and at nine he began to compose music. However, his father, an ...12 KB (1,833 words) - 08:06, 23 January 2023
- Varèse's music features an emphasis on timbre and rhythm. He ... meeting important contributors to American music, promoting his vision of ...13 KB (2,028 words) - 01:30, 16 January 2023
- variety characteristic of earlier soul music; technically demanding, melodic ... The most prominent difference between funk and the soul music from ...12 KB (1,982 words) - 07:21, 15 April 2024
- a crucial figure in the history of music. His work bridged the "old ... As a child, he served as a chorister and studied music under Marc ...19 KB (2,913 words) - 10:59, 19 December 2023
- Varro and Seneca were eclectic. Many modern philosophers were eclectics ... == Eclectics of Modern Philosophy == As the natural sciences became ...12 KB (1,821 words) - 18:01, 12 February 2024
- and drummer. Mayfield entered the hit music scene as the lead singer ... funk and of politically conscious African-American music. ...12 KB (1,864 words) - 06:48, 12 January 2024
- Although he resisted recording his music until near the end of his ... Portuguese refugees. When he started his music education playing the violin ...14 KB (2,106 words) - 03:59, 2 May 2024
- the evolution of symphony orchestra to its modern form can be seen as an apotheosis ... This can especially be the case in music composed in the twentieth ...22 KB (3,200 words) - 00:24, 30 May 2023
- . It began as dance music in popular music settings years before being ... The defining characteristic of ragtime music is a specific type of syncopation ...20 KB (3,149 words) - 00:05, 8 December 2022
- credited with having constructed the first modern aeolian harp in 1650. ... The aeolian harp became popular again in twentieth century music with ...11 KB (1,668 words) - 06:22, 15 June 2023
- family; his father, Hans Klee, was a German music teacher at the Hofwil Teacher ... art. They believed in the promotion of modern art; the connection between ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 17:08, 26 March 2023
- ear. A strong foundation in composing, music theory, and orchestration ... to creating a unified realization of the music being performed. ...17 KB (2,649 words) - 22:58, 14 May 2020
- a major figure in the development of bebop, or modern jazz. in founding Afro-Cuban jazz, a modern jazz equivalent of what jazz ...17 KB (2,671 words) - 09:19, 15 January 2023
- known for his highly imaginative modern ballets. As the founder and ... synagogue and at the Gramercy School of Music and Dance. He made his solo ...11 KB (1,725 words) - 05:07, 15 December 2022
- Electronic music is a term for music created using electronic devices ... Before electronic music, there was a growing desire for composers ...23 KB (3,345 words) - 16:02, 13 February 2024
- and percussion instruments, and the music usually incorporates a strong ... ranging from the traditional martial music of John Philip Sousa and ...19 KB (2,908 words) - 03:09, 6 November 2022
- to Eliot's pessimistic view of the modern world, The suggests a bright ... through sonnets to free verse and the music of Bach. Section 12, which ...11 KB (1,633 words) - 04:11, 4 November 2022
- in the entertainment arts, for example, in music, theater and dance. ... Improvisation is an important aspect of music in general. Musical ...10 KB (1,481 words) - 15:30, 4 February 2023
- in Babylonia. A rich tradition of cantorial music flourished in later centuries ... in 70 C.E., a consensus developed that all music and singing would be banned ...15 KB (2,193 words) - 19:28, 25 November 2023
- Some of the steps of the modern dance are said to be as old as the ... However, the modern form is traditionally dated to the court of Sultan ...12 KB (1,955 words) - 10:21, 26 September 2023
- In music and music theory a chord (from Greek χορδή: gut, string ... Ages and the Renaissance began to write music with greater linear complexity ...34 KB (5,534 words) - 17:56, 10 December 2023
- from other songs is the fact that the music is far less important than ... Bards were rarely permitted to record their music, given the political nature ...11 KB (1,802 words) - 08:06, 20 September 2023
- quot;]. In Deane L. Root (ed.). Grove Music Online Oxford Music Online ... century, such cymbals were used in European music, and more commonly played ...15 KB (2,396 words) - 20:32, 28 December 2023
- States, for both classical and popular music, renowned for its beauty ... Recital Hall (Zankel Hall), and the Chamber Music Hall (Weill Recital Hall). ...12 KB (1,764 words) - 00:35, 29 November 2023
- Historically, flutes have often been used in the playing of sacred ... et. al., “The early development of music. Analysis of the Jiahu bone ...19 KB (2,947 words) - 17:48, 28 March 2024
- Hard rock is a variation of rock and roll music, which has its earliest ... to achieve a stronger connection with the music. Although such usages are ...19 KB (3,125 words) - 00:43, 27 January 2021
- in clockwork and other forms of early pre-modern machinery were being made ... being dated to 1521. The Royal Academy of Music in London, has an instrument ...23 KB (3,517 words) - 20:32, 29 January 2022
- is one of the most recent additions to the modern symphony orchestra, first ... Among the instrumental groups of definite pitch in the modern symphony ...17 KB (2,861 words) - 18:39, 2 May 2023
- It was under his guidance that Carnatic music revolution started in southern ... in the Mysore District in what is now the modern Karnataka state. His father ...11 KB (1,714 words) - 21:53, 3 May 2023
- became his trademark. Rhythmically, his music was primitive and relatively ... More than any other well known urban bluesman, Hooker's music ...12 KB (1,882 words) - 20:45, 1 May 2024
- [[Image:Leal.jpg|thumb|Sheet Music for "To the Land of the Leal ... * Herman, Arthur. How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True ...8 KB (1,337 words) - 22:46, 21 October 2022
- are typically danced to country-western music, and which are stylistically ... having been refined and maintained into modern times. Showcasing human creativity ...19 KB (2,953 words) - 16:29, 27 April 2024
- that study the way cultures utilize music). A didgeridoo is usually ... being one of the better known words in modern Western society. Yirdaki ...18 KB (2,678 words) - 14:27, 29 January 2024
- the Bard. Influenced by Ibsen and other modern playwrights, Shaw introduced ... Like many modern intellectuals, Shaw was a committed socialist throughout ...12 KB (1,761 words) - 07:04, 18 April 2024
- " According to the American Academy of Music, the horn is considered, ... and fourth horns. For this reason, in modern music, first and third horn ...16 KB (2,716 words) - 14:17, 7 February 2024
- by introducing gospel forms into secular music, helped lay the foundation ... how to read Braille, as well as to write music and play various musical ...14 KB (2,284 words) - 01:32, 8 December 2022
- Lessig maintains that modern culture is dominated by traditional content ... === Audio and music === *Electrobel Community—More than 10,000 electronic ...14 KB (1,898 words) - 06:20, 11 January 2024
- County, often referred to simply as the Music Center, is one of the three ... The Music Center's current mission is to go beyond its role as ...21 KB (3,188 words) - 02:46, 4 November 2022
- that is used in performances of classical music, in churches with more formalized ... In traditional and modern Jewish liturgy, "Amen" is often ...6 KB (852 words) - 02:50, 24 July 2023
- has shaped the moral environment that the modern world has adopted. This moral ... a family from the province of Artois (in modern France), and suggest he may ...11 KB (1,744 words) - 04:15, 4 November 2022
- The saxophone is most commonly associated with popular music, big ... the high G key is found on only a few modern sopranos.) When pressure ...17 KB (2,653 words) - 17:08, 23 December 2022
- After moving to Germany to study History of Music at Munich University ... use of everyday sounds and noises in his music. He made his big debut at ...12 KB (1,818 words) - 01:11, 11 November 2022
- tone of a viola, particularly in orchestral music, can have unintended consequences ... which allow a greater playing range. Modern music is played on these instruments ...22 KB (3,581 words) - 20:26, 3 May 2023
- but literature, film, architecture and music. The term may apply to any ... some of the dehumanizing aspects of modern, urban culture. The angst ...15 KB (2,114 words) - 23:58, 24 March 2024
- Fioravanti at 18 months, began studying music theory at two, the piano ... of the old school of Italy. Having learned music from his grandfather whom ...11 KB (1,723 words) - 21:07, 8 May 2020
- He was a student at the Royal College of Music and Trinity College, Cambridge ... He was a musical patriot who believed strongly in the importance of ...18 KB (2,733 words) - 00:30, 8 December 2022
- Modern brass instruments generally come in one of two families: length. This family includes all of the modern brass instruments except ...34 KB (4,980 words) - 16:54, 26 March 2022
- operas, oratorios, symphonies, chamber music, and concertos. Dvořák ... melodies into his symphonic and chamber music. Among his most widely recognized ...18 KB (2,917 words) - 12:12, 30 October 2021
- For simplicity and light weight, modern sousaphones almost always ... Most modern sousaphones are made in the key of BB flat (Low B Flat ...19 KB (2,980 words) - 22:02, 24 February 2024
- traditions. It has often been set to music, although the most famous ... continues to be used in the same sense in modern Greek. ...12 KB (1,964 words) - 16:45, 21 January 2024
- for dancing, and indeed much modern music played on bagpipes, while ... The bagpipes continue to find a place in modern music, and continue ...25 KB (3,916 words) - 05:41, 26 August 2023
- an American composer of European classical music. He is widely regarded as ... Ives' upbringing was imbued with religious music and he would ...21 KB (3,211 words) - 19:13, 4 December 2023
- usage. The emergence of bebop, or modern jazz, in the 1940s, demonstrated ... whatever their status in the world of music. In Europe, they were not ...16 KB (2,455 words) - 22:29, 7 January 2024
- The Kuomintang tried to sponsor modern music adaptations via the Shanghai ... Annual events such as the Midi Modern Music Festival in Beijing keep ...33 KB (4,845 words) - 16:58, 24 October 2023
- 1947 (later anthologised on Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 1) which showcased ... * Genius Of Modern Music: Volume 1 (1947-1948) * Genius Of Modern Music: ...19 KB (2,925 words) - 17:54, 30 April 2023
- "pure or clean" ancient and modern Greek: καθαρός), is ... by Aristotle to describe the effect of music and tragic drama on an audience ...14 KB (2,260 words) - 00:10, 1 December 2023
- #039;s style, especially in playing the music of the Romantic era. A child ... He served as music director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra from ...14 KB (2,096 words) - 18:51, 11 September 2023
- The concerto, as understood in this modern way, arose in the Baroque ... piano concerto in the history of Western music has its antecedent in the ...16 KB (2,475 words) - 16:41, 14 November 2021
- Modern dance is a dance form that developed in the early twentieth ... The early modern dance pioneers of the 1920s through the 1940s broke ...18 KB (2,688 words) - 19:25, 9 November 2022
- human spirit and to enrich the culture of music in America. major recognition as a composer of concert music. The Boston Symphony Orchestra ...13 KB (1,935 words) - 23:45, 12 February 2024
- of the greatest figures in the history of music. He was the preeminent figure ... faith and its effect on his life and music. Privately, Beethoven often ...18 KB (2,631 words) - 17:30, 20 December 2022
- built in slightly smaller dimensions than modern trombones, and had a bell ... trombone was used continuously in church music and in some other settings ...23 KB (3,406 words) - 17:59, 2 May 2023
- :Make music to the LORD with the harp, with the harp and the sound ... These sounds, constituting a bar of music, were rendered three times: ...13 KB (2,151 words) - 14:23, 27 January 2023
- Philharmonic Orchestra. Later he became music director of the Vienna Philharmonic ... He was also a champion of contemporary music and gave performances of ...21 KB (3,095 words) - 11:58, 5 May 2023
- to opera, but lighter in terms of both music and subject matter. Because ... plots than with the caliber of the music. Topical satire is a feature ...19 KB (2,844 words) - 00:52, 18 November 2022
- entire duration of the Romantic period of music. He was part of the heyday ... to glorify the concept of "program music." He is best known for ...18 KB (2,898 words) - 18:57, 25 November 2023
- Italian sonare, "to sound"), in music, literally means a piece ... being more specifically applied to chamber music genres with either a solo ...27 KB (4,193 words) - 16:32, 14 October 2022
- Many of Enescu's works were influenced by Romanian folk music ... He promoted the contemporary Romanian music, playing works of Constantin ...17 KB (2,378 words) - 12:09, 11 August 2021
- The era of Romantic music is defined as the period of European classical ... * Moore, Douglas. A Guide to Musical Styles: From Madrigal to Modern ...27 KB (4,083 words) - 17:43, 20 December 2022
- In music, counterpoint is the relationship between two or more voices ... "On Dissonant Counterpoint," Modern Music 7, no. 4 (June-July 1930 ...21 KB (3,187 words) - 08:33, 10 January 2024
- over 4000 songs and provided background music for more than 800 Indian ... Ilaiyaraaja had been the most prominent composer of film music in ...25 KB (3,368 words) - 16:17, 12 February 2024
- greatest ballet masters to perform a new, modern repertory. Before then, American ... a student at the Petrograd Conservatory of Music, he studied piano and composition ...8 KB (1,196 words) - 19:31, 14 November 2022
- today for his long and successful tenure as music director of the Cleveland ... but grew up in Vienna. He began his formal music training as a pianist, studying ...18 KB (2,787 words) - 21:10, 18 October 2022
- European examples of Homo sapiens sapiens, modern human beings. Cro-Magnons ... For all intents and purposes, the Cro-Magnons were anatomically modern ...8 KB (1,081 words) - 00:21, 15 January 2023
- the transition between swing and modern jazz. a change that would remain a permanent feature in modern jazz. ...9 KB (1,351 words) - 02:28, 17 December 2022
- world many works which expanded symphonic music into compositional forms ... faith." For Bruckner, like Bach, music served the purpose of praising ...22 KB (3,442 words) - 06:48, 31 July 2023
- The music of India includes Indian classical music, multiple varieties ... Indian classical music has one of the most complex and complete musical ...31 KB (4,712 words) - 02:37, 11 March 2023
- the villanelle's accessibility to modern audiences, and it continues ... Many published works mistakenly claim that the strict modern form ...7 KB (1,084 words) - 20:22, 3 May 2023
- would, in turn, influence the emergence of modern jazz. For his contribution ... rhythms and solo performances, Basie's music possessed an emotional resonance ...17 KB (2,747 words) - 08:28, 10 January 2024
- The term medieval music encompasses European music written during ... The only medieval music which can be studied is that which was written ...36 KB (5,655 words) - 04:07, 9 November 2022
- he decided then that he would make Qawwali music his career. His first public ... group was in March 1971, at an annual music festival organized by Radio ...14 KB (2,139 words) - 01:20, 17 November 2022
- support was created for her and became the modern ballet shoe. More noteworthy ... choreographed The Dying Swan for her to the music of Saint-Saens. It became ...11 KB (1,683 words) - 06:48, 28 July 2023
- ordinary language by using symbols such as music, art, and myth-making. Langer ... Suzanne Langer is not often cited by modern professional philosophers ...17 KB (2,624 words) - 00:28, 27 February 2023
- Hindustani Classical Music is a North Indian classical music tradition ... The forms of Hindustani classical music were designed primarily for ...31 KB (4,635 words) - 15:49, 25 January 2023
- for his knowledge of the orchestral music of German operas, the libretto ... aspects of his art form. On the topic of music and its influence of the ...16 KB (2,368 words) - 04:44, 22 November 2023
- such as “Le Pavillon d'Armide” (music by Nikolai Tcherepnin), “Cleopatra” ... 039;un faune (The Afternoon of a Faun, with music by Claude Debussy) (1912 ...11 KB (1,642 words) - 16:12, 30 August 2023
- A revolution occurred in twentieth century music listening as the ... Music performances became increasingly visual with the broadcast and ...34 KB (5,125 words) - 20:42, 3 November 2020
- Manouches, Reinhardt developed a taste for music early on under the influence ... Paris, spending carefree days immersed in music. Gypsies, frequently on the ...19 KB (3,034 words) - 16:27, 29 January 2024
- a flood of works on India, launching the modern study of the subcontinent ... and became the semi-mythical origin of modern historical comparative linguistics ...9 KB (1,304 words) - 11:08, 10 May 2023
- century music, but it has become standard in modern music. ... Some modern music calls for the recorder to produce unusual noises ...34 KB (5,330 words) - 01:45, 8 December 2022
- paintings, which mark the genesis of modern art. As one of the first ... #039;s works was seen as specifically modern, and as a challenge to the ...18 KB (2,830 words) - 18:16, 12 February 2024
- not be parted from her. She was trained in music, to sing and play the lute ... problem with women artists from the past. Modern art historians have uncovered ...11 KB (1,724 words) - 15:54, 6 November 2022
- Algarotti was a connoisseur of art and music, well-educated, a friend ... stylistic collection, but envisioned a modern museum, a catalogue of styles ...8 KB (1,181 words) - 06:43, 1 April 2024
- A founding figure of modern jazz, or bebop, Parker's innovative ... rather than just a popular entertainer. The music was jarringly different from ...17 KB (2,690 words) - 00:38, 5 December 2023
- for ideas and inspiration, and much of his music "rose from mountains ... Germany. His father, who gave him his first music lessons, was a double bassist ...19 KB (2,995 words) - 15:01, 1 August 2022
- to the broader human society with its modern technology and lifestyles ... and courtship. The strife in Sudan and modern technology has had negative ...12 KB (1,821 words) - 00:41, 17 November 2022
- of the arts. Confucian ceremonial music (Aak) had its origin in China ... musical instruments to be used for royal banquet music. ...18 KB (2,724 words) - 00:57, 17 April 2023
- digital reproduction and distribution of music in the form of compact discs ... Optical discs were initially used for storing music and software. ...12 KB (1,812 words) - 10:36, 11 March 2023
- blues, rockabilly, rock and roll, fusion, modern gospel music, and contemporary ... electric Hawaiian guitar to Western Swing music with his January 1935 Decca ...20 KB (2,960 words) - 00:14, 13 February 2024
- Like Surrealism and many other modern art movements, Dadaism reflected ... Dada became an influential movement in modern art. Dada became a commentary ...18 KB (2,739 words) - 07:39, 12 January 2024
- with establishing the first military music bands. While initially well ... soldiers, and marched to distinctive music, the Mehter, similar to a ...19 KB (2,908 words) - 16:11, 8 February 2023
- and jazz ensembles, as well as in popular music bands. They are played by ... Elisa Koehler, A Dictionary for the Modern Trumpet Player (Lanham, MD: ...34 KB (5,196 words) - 19:49, 28 June 2023
- speech and artistic expression through music. Our ability to hear sounds ... requiring knowledge of acoustics. Modern performance spaces offer ...16 KB (2,316 words) - 15:34, 4 February 2023
- the national fraternity for men in music, by the fraternity's ... His style of playing was highly influential in defining the way modern ...17 KB (2,485 words) - 09:58, 1 April 2024
- Metastasio's lyrics were set to music by virtually every major ... #039;s legacy may lie more in the realm of music than in literature. Although ...15 KB (2,423 words) - 05:29, 24 November 2022
- The music of Africa is as vast and varied as the continent's ... Although there are many different varieties of music in Africa, there ...35 KB (5,601 words) - 21:41, 27 November 2021
- challenged and successfully mastered many music genres, including folk, country ... Darin was also an accomplished, award-winning actor and a music-business ...16 KB (2,577 words) - 08:44, 16 November 2023
- name of a movement in German literature and music from the late 1760s through ... Though it is argued that literature and music associated with Sturm und ...20 KB (2,696 words) - 20:55, 26 February 2023
- December 1, 1989) was an African American modern dancer, dance teacher and ... and enthusiastic worship filled with gospel music and traditional spiritual ...17 KB (2,746 words) - 08:42, 23 July 2023
- especially susceptible to the influence of modern mass media techniques of ... through performances of acting, music, and sports, along with light ...20 KB (3,105 words) - 12:56, 8 September 2023
- Barbershop music is a style of a cappella, or unaccompanied vocal ... Barbershop music is famous and renowned for its "ringing" ...25 KB (3,778 words) - 08:05, 20 September 2023
- Ruth St. Denis (January 20, 1879 – July 21, 1968) was an early modern ... bent, in the still-emerging genre of modern dance which she helped to ...12 KB (1,963 words) - 23:52, 21 August 2022
- particular significance in the history of music, in that he was a composer ... the West for his "other" life in music. As a boy in Vilnius he received ...25 KB (3,264 words) - 00:07, 4 December 2023
- 15, 2008. was an English composer and was a music teacher for over 20 years ... lampooned the stranger aspects of modern music (he had a strong sense ...22 KB (3,380 words) - 18:13, 24 July 2023
- 15, 1988) was a prolific British composer, music journalist, essayist and ... him to his essay Metaphysical motivation in music and to his Tantrik Symphony. ...18 KB (2,515 words) - 22:23, 4 October 2022
- songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll music. His recording career spanned ... by fans as a staple in the realm of popular music, and in the music community ...16 KB (2,532 words) - 23:52, 24 August 2023
- , known as the "father of American music," was the preeminent ... young boy, Stephen evinced more interest in music than in other subjects. As ...20 KB (3,215 words) - 20:00, 9 February 2023
- called a timpani stick or timpani mallet. Modern timpani often feature pedal ... effect and in authentic performances of Baroque music. Timpanists will ...25 KB (3,944 words) - 23:36, 30 April 2023
- I may wish to draw on, for the meaning of music does depend on the materials ... a fundamental relationship with all other music in the world…. A composer ...28 KB (4,110 words) - 15:21, 25 January 2023
- (1778 – 1852), considered the father of modern gymnastics - created exercises ... enough to be included in the first "modern" Olympic Games in 1896 ...18 KB (2,771 words) - 07:20, 28 July 2023
- tranquility. This is the essence of the modern clarinet's dark round tone. Of these many are rare or obsolete, and music written for them is usually ...30 KB (4,861 words) - 10:42, 19 December 2023
- the wishes of his family in order to pursue music. He studied music in Paris ... skillful employment of Romantic features in music, such as orchestral innovations ...23 KB (3,532 words) - 08:21, 21 January 2024
- century and one of the pioneers of recorded music. Caruso's popular recordings ... the genesis of what would become the modern classical recording industry ...13 KB (1,957 words) - 18:55, 13 February 2024
- or modified for the purpose of making music. In principle, anything that ... that a basic urge to express emotion though music has existed since prehistoric ...26 KB (3,752 words) - 21:15, 27 November 2021
- The harmonica is used in blues and American folk music, jazz, classical ... usually made from plastic or metal. Some modern and experimental comb designs ...28 KB (4,396 words) - 13:30, 24 January 2023
- Somehow, Tatum’s music could also be compared to a black diamond ... used chords from early jazz and classical music. Yet many of Tatum's ...16 KB (2,414 words) - 12:07, 7 November 2021
- islands. The single largest influence on modern Virgin Islander culture, ... The music of the Virgin Islands reflects long-standing cultural ties ...19 KB (2,753 words) - 02:45, 22 November 2023
- Modern philosophy shifted the study of beauty from ontology to the ... The modern view of beauty differs from the classical concept in three ...19 KB (2,937 words) - 10:19, 26 September 2023
- transitional figure between classic and modern jazz drumming. closed. Jones's style influenced the modern jazz drummer's tendency ...6 KB (967 words) - 13:25, 1 August 2022
- Brazilian modernism, he virtually created modern Brazilian poetry with the ... was the driving force behind the Week of Modern Art, the 1922 event that ...29 KB (4,379 words) - 15:58, 6 November 2022
- The appellation "Classical music" is a broad, somewhat imprecise ... Paul Hindemith, regarding the state of modern music in the first half of the ...41 KB (6,156 words) - 10:52, 19 December 2023
- In modern history, King Franqois I of France issued the "Ordonnance ... print material such as books, periodicals, music scores, brochures, pamphlets ...11 KB (1,598 words) - 19:03, 25 October 2022
- Earl Hines is one of jazz music’s most legendary pianists and one ... produced a considerable amount of wonderful music. The leader’s acrobatic ...12 KB (1,904 words) - 17:33, 12 February 2024
- instrument used in Indian classical music. He became famous not only ... Peter Lavezzoli, The Dawn of Indian Music in the West (Continuum, 2006 ...35 KB (4,906 words) - 19:06, 16 April 2023
- him as one of the originators of soul music and among the most influential ... Cooke was among the first modern black performers and composers to ...19 KB (3,031 words) - 01:14, 21 April 2023
- Cream's music included songs based on traditional blues such ... contribution to, and influence upon, modern music. That same month, a "Classic ...18 KB (2,740 words) - 06:17, 11 January 2024
- a prosperous kingdom in the Fezzan area of modern-day Libya. Evidence of this ... in the Atlas Mountains in the area of the modern Morocco. Even today the Tuaregs ...17 KB (2,554 words) - 18:38, 2 May 2023
- homage. The composer had instructed that no music be played at his funeral; ... When he was twenty, Verdi left for Milan to study music, but the Conservatory ...22 KB (3,400 words) - 07:48, 24 January 2023
- In the modern orchestra, string instruments can be used as a solo ... complex melodic, harmonic and contrapuntal music can be realized. The guitar ...26 KB (3,682 words) - 21:00, 26 February 2023
- Carnatic music, also known as karṇāṭaka sangītam is one of the two styles of Indian classical music; the other is Hindustani ...40 KB (6,040 words) - 15:47, 28 November 2023
- In addition, Pan was later known for his music, which was capable of arousing ... its prefix with the Latin pastor and the modern English word "pasture ...15 KB (2,404 words) - 06:26, 18 November 2022
- Most of the well-known dishes of modern Japanese cuisine appeared ... Category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisure 77851624 ...6 KB (957 words) - 14:46, 30 April 2023
- court chapel at Munich by 1574, where the music director was Heinrich Schütz ... harpsichord playing, and to compose vocal music, either sacred or secular ...17 KB (2,678 words) - 14:25, 29 November 2023
- applications of the knowledge gained in modern life. sources; and that the primary task of modern physical acoustics is to ...7 KB (998 words) - 07:44, 14 June 2023
- version Senior Dai have been preserved. Modern scholars believe that the ... The book includes the Classic of Music (Chapter 19); however, this ...20 KB (2,978 words) - 14:10, 20 May 2023
- The modern American focus on Cinco de Mayo first started in California ... Mexican culture, especially in its music and regional dancing. Examples ...18 KB (2,441 words) - 22:02, 10 December 2023
- on the notion of the autonomy of art. Like modern art, modern literature began ... privately to discuss matters of philosophy, music, mathematics, and literature. ...13 KB (1,927 words) - 22:07, 25 January 2024
- both sexes are depicted the same. (Modern tradition combined the Feng ... and re-birth.|left The bird is attracted to music and nests high in the K& ...9 KB (1,360 words) - 17:17, 26 March 2024
- Modern stream of consciousness writing is closely related to, but ... about what I was writing."Yorke, Into the Music, p.61 ...20 KB (3,127 words) - 20:56, 26 February 2023
- to have been a defining force in soul music—especially "Southern ... Because Jones was studying music full time, Stax writer/producer Isaac ...19 KB (2,889 words) - 19:23, 20 November 2023
- recording label of him performing his own music as well as works from the ... apparent. Further inspiration included the music of Mily Balakirev, Mussorgsky ...19 KB (2,901 words) - 10:00, 26 January 2023
- at the St. Petersburg Conservatory of Music where he studied singing ... 1907 he presented five concerts of Russian music in Paris, and in 1908 mounted ...14 KB (2,086 words) - 23:22, 13 August 2023
- Baroque music describes an era and a set of styles of European classical ... in China and Greece) held to the idea that music, mathematics and science ...39 KB (5,985 words) - 10:49, 20 September 2023
- as the Five, was an innovator of Russian music. He strove to achieve a uniquely ... he entered the Cadet School of the Guards. Music remained important to him ...18 KB (2,697 words) - 19:26, 9 November 2022
- figures in twentieth-century popular music. blues into soul and eventually, funk. His music would prove to have a profound ...25 KB (3,918 words) - 21:04, 20 March 2024
- In general, the term “Romanticism” applied to music has come to ... use of the term “romanticism” amongst music writers and historians did ...25 KB (3,674 words) - 04:59, 16 December 2022
- boogie-woogie, rhythm and blues, and gospel music, with a heavily accentuated ... the Pentecostal churches because of the music and excitement he and his ...23 KB (3,362 words) - 00:37, 3 November 2022
- in almost every musical genre and wrote music for rock bands, jazz ensembles ... political establishment and the Hollywood music industry, but also toward ...27 KB (4,049 words) - 05:10, 9 April 2024
- the style referred to as Impressionist music, a term which he dismissed ... Russian and Javanese--Debussy sought a modern music that would convey emotions ...26 KB (3,950 words) - 10:53, 19 December 2023
- of rural southern blacks and the anomie of modern life. ... of his recordings when compared to modern music production standards. ...22 KB (3,598 words) - 21:27, 16 April 2023
- century, as well as a highly regarded music critic. An intellectual and ... Alban Berg in reply to charges that modern music was overly complex, pointed ...26 KB (4,179 words) - 02:15, 16 December 2022
- to host other artistic activities, such as music concerts or poetry readings. ... replaced with architecturally bold modern art galleries, often seen ...14 KB (2,095 words) - 10:51, 16 August 2023
- As such it can bring a great many modes of music together. It is an instrument ... strings and were much quieter than the modern piano. In comparison with ...35 KB (5,515 words) - 05:12, 24 November 2022
- bowed string instrument used in the modern symphony orchestra. It is ... The double bass is generally regarded as the only modern descendant ...40 KB (6,473 words) - 17:29, 30 January 2024
- Tonkunst (“Sketch of a New Aesthetic of Music”) by the Italian composer ... painting, sculpture, poetry, theater, music, architecture and even gastronomy ...11 KB (1,537 words) - 07:23, 15 April 2024
- and artists who lived around Loyang (in modern Henan province) during the ... a symbolic influence on Chinese poetry, music, art, and culture. Their ...14 KB (2,127 words) - 19:50, 21 April 2023
- Opened in 1860, it became the preeminent music theater of late nineteenth–century ... was Petipa's The Magic Pills, to the music of Léon Minkus. Petipa& ...11 KB (1,538 words) - 15:55, 6 November 2022
- no difficulty pinpointing the birth of the modern Soviet dissident movement ... Category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisure category:Writers ...8 KB (1,077 words) - 10:24, 7 June 2023
- role in the racial integration of popular music as the first record label ... Records Group, itself a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. ...27 KB (4,046 words) - 17:03, 10 November 2022
- were used in Shinto and Buddhist religious music, and during battle in feudal ... repertory is based on folk and festival music of the past. ...24 KB (3,759 words) - 01:00, 21 April 2023
- but by senses of the soul. Unlike the modern concept of mathematical exercises ... a broad knowledge encompassing medicine, music, cosmology, astronomy, mathematics ...15 KB (2,230 words) - 03:55, 7 December 2022
- The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown ... The museum's collection offers an unparalleled overview of modern ...16 KB (2,384 words) - 02:37, 11 March 2023
- vocalists in twentieth century popular music. Mastering poverty, a ... turbulent life, Armstrong had transcended music to become an iconic figure ...17 KB (2,605 words) - 02:51, 4 November 2022
- Chinese poetry, Tanka poetry, and instrumental music. expression continue to appeal strongly to modern audiences. Through these ...10 KB (1,528 words) - 02:58, 6 November 2022
- In his book Philosophy of Modern Music (1948) Theodor Adorno calls ... *Adorno, Theodor W. Philosophy of Modern Music. London; New York: ...32 KB (4,790 words) - 16:04, 12 February 2024
- He is credited with inventing the modern piano recital, where his ... was himself a composer of lieder and choral music, of symphonic poems and other ...26 KB (3,891 words) - 09:36, 11 April 2024
- photographs are exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the George ... she arranged for New York's Museum of Modern Art to buy many of his prints ...10 KB (1,475 words) - 04:42, 22 March 2024
- Opera House has become one of the most modern and sophisticated—and revered—Opera ... The modern Royal Opera House also boasts two additional performance ...22 KB (3,326 words) - 20:56, 21 December 2022
- As a master of Renaissance music, des Prez became known internationally ... As with many composers of his era, Josquin's sacred music was ...26 KB (3,990 words) - 01:31, 8 September 2022
- of her ideas have been found to have a modern appreciation. ... manuscript illumination, letters, and music, as well as their devotional ...14 KB (2,145 words) - 22:37, 12 February 2022
- The modern English word harp comes from the Old English hearpe; akin ... author=Eric S. Charry|title=Mande Music: Traditional and Modern Music ...38 KB (6,027 words) - 20:53, 28 December 2023
- Kulintang is a modern term for an instrumental form of music composed on a row of small, horizontally-laid gongs that function melodically, accompanied ...41 KB (6,102 words) - 04:38, 4 March 2023
- human victims to join them through song or music, luring them into the water ... High German before finally becoming Nix in Modern German. The term Nicker, ...14 KB (2,167 words) - 09:56, 11 March 2023
